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meet the high COST OF LIVING One way to meet the high cost of living Is to spend more time studying tne advertisements in your morning newspaper. In that way you will learn where to spend your money and gel the best possible value THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN HOT SPRINGS THAT RECEIVES THE FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT OVER LEASED WIRES. VOLUME XXXII. TEN PAGES WEATHER FORECAST Washington, Feb. 18.—Forecast for Arkansas. Fair anl colder Thursday, preceded by rain in early morning; Friday fair. HOT 'SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, THl'R SPAY MORNING. FEBRUARY lb. 1!M4. TEN PAGES NUMBER 12ti universal motion picture COMPANY SEEKING A NEW AND PERMANENT HOME. WILL LEAVE PACIFIC COAST Official* Have Promised to Consider Hot Springs—Is Mammoth Institu tion, Employing Thousands of Per sons and Expending Millions Yearly. Prospects of securing a mlllion-dol far enterprise for Hot Springs opened in the preliminary development ye* * terday, and it is altogether probable that the first definite act of the Young Men's Chamber of Commerce, recent iy organized, will be the matter of securing for Hot Springs one of the greatest enterprises in the country, an establishment which expends millions in its annual plant expense, would bring between 5.000 and 10,000 addi tional people to the city, an<} put this great national resort on the map as it 3'as never been before through a nev er ending series of publicity in every city, village and hamlet in the United States, as well as lit foreign coun tries. The Universal Motion Picture Com pany, owning and controlling more than twenty different pr during com panies, now located at Ix>s Angeles, Cal., lias decided to leave the coast city and seek a more central location. Manager 1. Bernstein of the Univer sal Company, and President Carl Ix*m ]y of New York have given notice to tlie maw.i of Ix>s Angeles that tills big industry will leave that city. Already the management of the company has been Wr.nhing t4ie fnav oi the centra! west, that section which lies in the south, where the climate and atmospheric conditions and suitable, and among the cities be ing considered are two in Arkansas, Hot Springs and lAtlc Rock. Manager W. F. Hall of the Uyric theatre, which shews the Universal pictures in this city, was notified a day or two since of the intention of the Universal Company. He at once got busy on the, wire and has secured tentative promises from both Mana ger Bernstein and Pres l,emly that Hot Springs will be c nsidered ’n seeking a new and permanent home for tliIk mammoth institiitioii Mr. niali was requested to write both of ficials at length in the matter and he has done so As Boon as the receives replies from the managers he wdl at once lay the matter before the Young Men’s Chamber of Com me re* This company manufactures »nd controls the output of the entire 1 ni versal Film Exchange, composed of the following leading companies: (’n a tal. BcTalr, Frontier, Cold Seal. Imp. ••HU” Bison, Joker, Nestor, Powers. Ilex and Victor. Bach one of these IModuciiu' companies lias three to six < in pan teg of motion picture artists constantly at work producing the reg ular weekly programs of the l niver sal and all the big feature productions made by them. The entire concern employs from 5,000 to 10,000 peoph • '' the more than fifty companies <f players, the army of plant employes, stock and animal keepers, office staff, etc., and the plant expenses run into the millions every year. In addition to the large number ot pei pie employed, the company o"tis and keeps at the plant thousands of head of live stock, wild animals, an end'ess amount of paraphernalia am equipment, all of which is maintain11 at the piant. In the preliminary correspondence the bonus requirements are not < liltely known, but it is believed tu company asks the city seeming tie plant to din ate 1,000 acres of land in close proximity to the city. Tits r< qulrement in return for (he vast es taldishment to be located Is nominal, and It is believed that Hot Spring, could and would donate such a tract in return for the permanent location of this big Institution. In connection with the other leqmtc merits, it is known to the manage ment of the Universal Company that Hot Springs is surrounded by the most beautiful scenery, mountain highways, streams and lagoons tor wa ter scenes, palatial hotels and ot er buildings needed Tor streetr scenes. /The climate is also Well known to > just the right kind to permit the work to be prusued the year conn The atmospheric conditions hate beta i'e|>eatedly tested as to its adaptahi Uy for clear photography and found to be the best. Every possible need for an outdoor setting for both dramatic and cot* edy pictures can be secured right here in Hot Springs and in the neighbor ing country. Then there is Oaklawn race track and park, Whittington park, the paiatial hotels and bath houses, the beautiful residences of the city and Hit* many splendid country seats nearby. Mr. Hall hopes for an early reply to his communications, in which he urged that an authorized representa tive of the company lie sent to Hot Springs at an early date, to be shown the city and its surroundings, the beautiful scenery, mountain roads and drives, shady lanes and by-paths, all of which are needed for the making of high-class motion 'pictures, such as the Universal Company puts out. The people of Hot Springs are wen aware that nowhere in Arkansas or in this section of the country can the natural requirements of a concern of this character be met as it can right here in Hot Springs. It may require some good work on the part of Hot Springs people to make this a reality, but with co-oper ation, with public spirited action, anft above all, with quick and decisive ac ton, it can be accomplished. To many it may look like too gigan tic an undertaking for a city the size I of Hot Springs, but it should be borne in mind that this is a great national health and plesure resort, where thousands come yearly, where big tiling* are looked for and expected. Also it should !*■ borne in mind that the Universal Film Company is go ing to locate somewhere in the south section of the middle west and that no city in the country can offer the natural inducements that Hot Springs can offer. The Young Men's Chamber of Com merce, just organized and enthusias tically launched, will have its first op portunity to accomplish the biggest, thing that has been within the grasp of Hot Springs in its history. Within a few days this organiza tion will know just what it will have to do to secure ths big institution, one of the greatest industries in the United States. arhms miners i AID THE STRIKERS OF THE COPPER COUNTRY BY DONATING $5,000 TO ASSIST MINERS IN FIGHT. Will Also Loan the International Un ion $50,000 to Aid the Colorado Strik ers. Fort Smith, Ark, Feb. 18.—After donating $5,(M»0 to the copper miners on strike in Michigan and determin ing to loan the international union $50.0(10, to he used in financing the strike < f coal miner* in Colorado, the convention of the United Mine Work ers of America, District. 21, today spiit on the methods to he pursued in selecting the delegates to the inter state convention to he held at Kan sas City in April. It was said by 1*. j*. Stewart, district president, that the men to attend the scale conference for this district, which is to lie held following the Philadelphia scale cou ference, must be conversant with min ing in all sections of Arkansas, Ok,a hotna and Texas coal regions, for on their work will depend the conditions and wages under which a new contract between the union and the southest ern interstate operators' association is to be made. It has been customary for the dis trict president to appoint wage scale committee men. but President Stew art, in his biennial report, recommend ed that the convention select, the coin itteemen. The committee on the n» irt. of the president recommended' at the precedent be unchanged an I e delegates are split. The matter is been made a gpeclai order to come >[,ore the convention at ' 0 dock hrusday. Sentiment favors leaving ie appointment of the tommltteemen i the president's hands. Today sub-district No. 4 in Arkar. iS was abolished. This means that. ,e district executive board will in future consist of hut four mem Brg two from Oklahoma, cne from •exas and one from Arkansas, sub istrict No. 1 being changed to include 11 of Arkansas' coal section But two grievances have been made i the last two years and the new ommittee of grievances will repo t n them tomorrow. One pertains to he non-payment of wages at a Hart ord Ark., mine, and the other to ompensation of $1™ Paid »y the .o al union at Bokoshe. Okla.. to IjOH itephenson. SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION IN PERU «* The rule of Guillermo Billinghurst, president of Peru, came to an end tho other day when he was seized and ar rangements for his banishment made. The congress thereupon appointed a board of governors. Our Illustration shows ilie national palace in Lima and Hillinghurst. I AUTHORIZES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A $35,COO,COO LINE IN THE FAR NORTH. Will Be a Government Built and Con trolled Railway, with Dock and Ter minal Facilities and 1,000 Miles in Washington. Peb. IS.—-The adminis tration Alaska railroad bill, authoriz ing the president to construct a $35, Oim.ftOO railr ad from Alaska's coast to its great, coal finds, was passed hy the house late today by a vote of 230 to 87. A similar measure already lias pass ed the senate and the hills will he taken up at once in conference be-1 tween the two houses, with a view J t,< sending it quickly to the president, who has signified his intention of signing it. I Lenotb. \L I In3 I’levt'iiui him 11 t tmn a niun parliamentary skirmish, the house, eliminated front the bill as reported by the territories committee a provi sion authorizing a bond issue of $”>5. 00(1,000 to finance tile rairoad and to be paid off by the proceeds of govern ment land sales in Alaska. The sen ate hill provided for a J40.000.000 bond issue. Representative Fitzgerald of New York led a tight which resulted in striking out the entire !>' nd provi sion front the bill. Under the amend ed measure the project would be flnan ed out of current funds in the treas ury, the president being limited to $35,000,000 and $10,000,000 being ap propriated for immediate expenses. Congress wruld appropriate each year the amount estimated as necessary for the construction of the road. The bid provides for the construc tion «f a road "not. to exceed 1,000 miles, to be so located as to connect one or more of the open Pacific ocean harbors on the southern coast of Alas ka and with a coal field or fields, yield ing oi al sufficient in quality and c|iutn. tity for naval use, so as to best aid in the development of the agricultural and mineral or other resources of Alaska.” An effort was made by opponents of the bill, led by Representative Ua venporet *f Oklahoma, to postpone the final vote until Wednesday, but it was defeated Tlhe Alaskan railway project is of more interest than even the expendi ture of the $35,000,000 proposed ordin arily would create. Coining as soon after the completion of Hie Panama canal it is attracting attention as an other great engineering project un der the direction of the movement. More over the new project is to be the first test in this country of gov ernment ownership of a public util ity. It is expected to open great re sources that until now (have been for the most part lying idle and will ai ford employment to a large army of men, both In Its construction and its maintenance. It also will develop Alaska agriculturally as well as lu other ways by attracting homestead ers, friends of the measure claim, and it will cheapen greatly various commodities of commerce, ’notably coal. , Tile bill, which places great power in the hands of the president directs Ihim to locate and acquire by purchase or construction or toy both means, a lino or lines of railroads from tide water into the interior of Alaska and to| navigation on Yukon, Tanana or Kuskewim rivers. In choosing the route he is to tiso his judgment as to what will best promote the settle ment of Alaska, develop its resour ces and provide adequate transports tion for coal for the army and navy and for troops and munitions of war. The total of all railroads bought or constructed is not to exceed one thou sand miles and the appropriation for the purpose is $35,000,000. The president i« authorized if he sees lit, to permit the government railroad to be operated by contract or lease or it may be operated by the Panama railroad company. In con structing and operating the Alaska railroad «l>c .pres* ?*uit ir suthqrized to employ in its construction and op eration any number of men he may think necessary, choosing them as he pleases, only tthat those chosen from civil life shall he under the supervis ion, in the work of construction of the engineers taken from the army. The interstate commerce commis sion. subject to the approval of the president is empowered to regulate passenger and freight rates on the new railroad and the rates are to he uniform, with no discrimination in favor of agents of the government ex cept tSie usual provision for employes and their families. The debates in congress on this hill have developed the fact that until re cently Alaska has been unappreciat ed and that in the interior there are immense agricultural resources capa ble of sustaining the population of Sweden, Finland. Denmark, Bussla and Siberia. This fertile land is ex pected to be taken up at once by homesteaders. Alaska had two notable coal fields larger than any in the continental United States or possibly in the world. The Behring river field cov ers seventy-five square miles and the Matanuska field eighty-five. They are practically virgin, only one title hav ing been perfected. The rest belongs to the government. The opening of mines in Alaska to gether with the building of a railroad and the opening of the Panama canal, it is estimated will save the govern ment from ttiree to five dollars a ton on its coal burned in the Pacific. Alaska itself now buys coal from Brit ish Columbia. One statistician fig ures that 'Alaska lias as much coal as Pennsylvania and West Virginia to gether. Senator Chamberlain, in meeting the opposition to the proposal that the government go into the railroad busi ness to tlie extent of $1)5,000,000 ad mitted that this would he the first time the government ever had owned a railroad hint he argued that the sum involved was small compared to what the government has spent in giving aid to railroads which he estimated at nearly $100,000,000, mostly in land grants. ALASKA FRAUD CASES. Seattle, Feb. 18.—The case of Cha:. F. Monday and Archie W. Shields, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States of Alaska coal lands valued, according to the indictment, at $10,000,000, went to the jury lac. today. The government charged that the defendants used dummy entry men, first hiring men at $100 each as locators anck later using the names of stockholders of the Alaska Devel opment Company and their friends to acquire possession of the lands Iu the Bering river coal fltdds, which they later sought to lease to Canadian and British capitalists RESERVES BANK ORGANIZATION COMMIT TEE BACK IN WASHINGTON AFTER LENGTHY TRIP. NAME LUCKY CiTiES SOON As Soon as the Information and Data Gathered on the Trip Can Be Prop erly Considered, Cities and Reserve BoundariesjW.il! Br Named. * Washington, Feb. IS.—The federal reserve bank organisation committee, back in Washington after a five weeks’ trip through the country, in a state ment tonight announced that its se lection of federal reserve cities and definition of reserve districts would not. be made until it had carefully considered information accumulated on the trip. The statement said the com mittee found the country prosperous and learned that bankers and business men are confident, of the success of the new hanking system In a supplement statement Secre tary McAdoo declared he hoped the new system could he established in time to take care of crop moving con tingencies next year, hut that if it were not the treasury department would stand ready to replace its funds again at the disposal of business men. The committee’s statement is, in part. “We have spent practically from the fourth of January to the present time in hearing the views of business men and bankers on the problem of divid ing the country into not less than eight nor more than twelve districts and of locating in each district th% main office of a federal reserve hank. Of the two questions the division of the cm entry into districts is the mol's important and difficult. The conimls tee asked those who appeared before it to direct their attention to these two problems- A great many able and impartial business men and bankers have submitted their best information and opinions and always in a spirit of great fairness. “The committee has held hearings in eighteen cities and lias heard from every community of oconsequnc in in the sections of the country it has visited. “In every section of the country the committee lias found practically unan imous conviction that the currency bill will bring about most beneficial changes in business. “The committee was presented with overwhelming evidence of the uniform economic strength of the country and of the rapid progress of every sec tion. The fact that the nation’s bank ing resources as a whote made enor mous advances every twelve or fif teen years, approximately doubling in each sucrh period, was made evident; while this is true cf the country as a whole, it was shown that certain sections are advancing more rapidly than others and that the country is fundamentally exceptionally sound and strong economically, facts and flg I ures in every part of the country show i amazing growth and strength and dis ' close a condition of financial, Indus trial, commercial and agricultural soundness and prosperity that leaves no doubt as to the future. “The committee was impressed by the frank admission of bankers that the present banking system not only encourages, but actually has created artificial banking conditions. With practical unanimity the opinion was expressed that the new measure will restore normal conditions with great resulting benefit a; that the present system not only furnishes no protec tion in time of real stringency, but also even in times of great prosperity makes it Impossible to meet tlie con ditions; and that there has been pre sented the singular contradiction of having bankers thrown Into fear of panic tiy the emergence of wealth. Bankers unanimously were of the optn. ion that the establishment of this re serve system no longer will make our prosperity a peril and that it wi.l re lieve them of apprehension and dis tress |n those circumstances and give confidence and stability to business generally. “The committee has finished its sur vey In the field. It has yet to maso examination of important documents and data and cannot render any deci sion until it has thoroughly examined this material. “Already practically all capital rep resented by the national banks has come in- A number of state banks have applied for national charters and many have applied for membership in the federal reserve system. “In every state the committee has visited it has heard expressing from governors, hank commissioners and others to the effect that, where there is legal disability against subscrip tion by state banks that disability will lie removed and the further ex pression that eligible state banks very generally will seek to enter the sys tem. “The committee is gratified with the results of its trip.” Here is Secretary MoAdco's state ment : “in a few instances the question was asked if the new federal reserve hanks would be organized in 'hue to take care of the crop moving contin gency next fall. 1 hoped that the sys tem may be established before that lime, but if it should not be, the re nources.of (In'„Utilted ^States treasury again will be placed at the disposal of the legitimate business interests.’ WOMAN IS KILLED BY SWITCH ENGINE MRS. JONES WAS CROSSING TRACK WHEN STRUCK AND BODY BADLY MANGLED. Is Removed to St. Joseph's, Where She Died Soon Afterwards—Little of De tail of the Accident Known. Mrs. Jones, white, and about 55 years of age, was struck by a switch engine on the Hock Island road early last night and so badly injured that she died at St. Joseph's Infirmary, to which place she had been removed about half an hour after reaching there. The details of the accident comd not be learned last evening, but Cor oner Dr. J. P l+audolph will conduct an bluest today at which time the whole matter will be brought out. The scene of the accident was at a point almost opivoalte the Waters Pierce Oil Company plant on the rail road One retwrt was that the wom an was walking along thp track and that the engine made every possible alarm to cause her to step off, but that she must not have heard the alarm. The body of the injured woman was placed In an ambulance and taken to St. Joseph's, and Dr. Leonard R. Ki lls was called, but there was uothing that could be done. After she had died she was removed to the I^edwidge undertaking parlors. Iwhere thte in quest will be heid today. CAN’T FIND SCHOONER. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 18. -With the rev enue cutter Onondaga searching the seas for the schooner Kineo, reported in distress 160 ml!cs northeast of Diamond Shoal, news was eagerly sought by marine men tonight. The Kineo is reported to have eieven men on board and when last spoken to was in a serious condition. She is reported to be leaking badly and tak ing water at the rate of one foot an hour. The Onondaga was at sea when she received the message to go to the as sistance of the Kineo. She has not been in port since Monday, having been continuously on the search for vessels in distress. NOT IS EXONERATED JURY NOT ONLY PROMPTLY AC QUITS GORE BUT SAYS MRS. BOND HAD NO CASE. WILL COME TO HOT SPRINGS Senator and Mrs. Gore Will Arrive Here Within a Few Day* to Rest and Recuperate After the Trying Ordeal of the Case. Oklahoma City. Feb. IS.—A verdict in favor of United States Senator Thomas P. Gore, was returned here today in the suit of Mrs. Minnie E. Bond against him to recover $50,000 damages for an alleged attack made on her in a Washington hotel last March. The jury was out only ten minutes. The verdict re*«l as follows: "We the Jury, empanneled in the case entitled Minnie E. Bond v». Thomas Pryor Core, find that the evidence is insufficient upon which to predicate a suit, and that said evi dence wholly exonerates the defend ant, Thomas Pryor Gore, and we further find, that in our opinion, the facts in the case were entirely in sufficient upon which to base a suit; and we unanimously state that at the conclusion of plaintiff's evidence, had the defendant at that time announced that he desired to introduce no evi dence in his behalf and rested his case, our verdict would have been the same in that event as the one which is submitted by us, to-wit, in favor of the defendant, Thomas Pryor Gore. "In witness where-of, each of us in dividually sign this statement. “Signed: “Henry,.Carpenter,, foreman. “R E. Britton’ t “Clarence Trosper. “J. E. 8chutten, ‘’Rex Ferguson. “F. II. 'Morris. “W. W. Gentry. “Robert Arneson. “W. P. O'Neal. “O. G. IMeekekrk. “Benson iBeneax." (During tiie reading of the verdict there was no perceptible change in the expression of Mrs. Bond's face. From the time the jury left the room until the demonstration began, she sat leaning on a table and scribbling on a piece of paper. Sho seemed in no haste to leave the room until she was approached by her attorneys, when she arose and walked out with them and her hus band. Following the dismissal of the jury, the crowd again began to Cheer as it filed out of the court lliouse. For sev eral minutes Senator and Mrs. Gore ! lingered in the court room accepting the congratulations of friends A car bon copy of the jury’s verdict was presented to Senator Gore. The senator announced that he will remain in Oklahoma City until Satur (lay. He will speak before the state convention of the Young Men's Demo cratic club Thursday. From here he and Mrs. Gore will go to Hot Springs, Ark., for a few days of rest and will then return to Wfesfhlngton. The Jury retired for its delibera tions at 8:35 o’clock and in ten min utes had filed back into the court (room and taken their seats. The packed court room was silent as Judjie Clark read the verdict. At his final words “In favor of the defendant,” those near the front of I the room heard Mrs. Gore utter a stifled cry as she leaped from her cfhair. grasped the hand of the sena tor and whispered something into his ear. When she turned and shook, hands with Henry Carpenter, the foreman of the jury, tears were streaming down the eyes of both her and the aged farmer. Senator Gore said: ‘‘Tfoe verdict confirms my faith that truth will triumph. I never for a moment doubted the outcome at the hands of a jury." Attorney E. J. Giddings, counsel for Minnie K, Bond, declared Wednes day night, that he would appeal the case to the state supreme court on, the ground that the applause and demostration in tihe court room had influenced the jury. -o.. . CASTILLO INTERNED. El Paso, Tex., Feb. IS.—Maximo Castillo was interned at the Mexican prison camp at Port Bliss today, ac cording to information reecived today by Geu. Hugh L. Scott. He was plac ed in a cell uear that of Gen. Ynez Salazar, In the post guard house.